Educational School Trips

California Educational Tours

Student Travel Programs

California Educational Tours

Educational Discovery Tours’s Flagship Educational Tours Program provides teachers with the ability to bring California Educational Tours to life for students and parents. Our curriculum-driven educational tours allow students to learn through hands-on, highly interactive experiences. Your students will see their classroom studies come to life as they follow the footsteps of the most important figures in California History.

Students will experience government in action when they explore the California State Capitol building, discover the impact that the Transcontinental Railroad had on California and the nation during their visit to the Railroad Museum and identify the differences between modern education and the past when they participate in a lesson at the Old Schoolhouse Museum.

Our experienced and educated trip leaders explain all facets of California history as your students travel through time.

When your students arrive at Marshall Park, the first gold discovery site in California, our authentic history presenters greet your group and bring history to life. Students pan for gold on the American River with our exclusive certified geologist. Each student receives a vial and gold pouch to store and keep the gems they find.

Mountain Man, Tall Steve, will enlighten in a dramatic way, the life of trappers and guides during the Gold Rush. He’ll share skins from animals that were a part of a trappers’ life and tools they used. During his presentation, Tall Steve demonstrates how to and lets the kids throw a hatchet. He also loads and shoots a musket rifle before ending his presentation and taking questions from the kids.

Classes that choose to experience the Educational Discovery Tours overnight Living History Program will stay in our pioneer tents, enjoy real wild-west dining and learn all about pioneer music and entertainment. Night-time activity includes our guides teaching the kids how the pioneers relaxed through storytelling and song.

Give us a call to find out more about our student travel programs and plan your next school trip: 1-800-544-4723.

Educational Discovery Tours California History itineraries, provide students with exposure to historic political and cultural aspects of this amazing state as well as inspires them to carry on the California pioneer spirit.… Read More